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Storm reports for April 14, 2019

NOAA recorded 41 hail reports, 478 wind reports and 28 tornado reports in 19 states on April 14, 2019.

in 19 states
547
Storm reports
About 15 miles from Erie, PA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 53 miles from Harrisburg, PA
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 40.84, -82.69, OH
28
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 14, 2019 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

At 8:51 a.m. EST on April 14, 2019, golf ball size hail fell near Cedartown in Polk County, Georgia, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $315,000 in damage there.1 In north-central Ohio, an EF2 tornado touched down about 3 miles southwest of Shelby around 4:42 p.m. local time and tracked 17 miles northeast, doing its worst damage on the southeast and east sides of Shelby, where it was half a mile wide.2 Five people were injured, and the database lists $500,000 in damage.2 At 7:20 p.m. EST, an EF2 tornado with winds near 130 mph caused its worst damage in Starbrick, Warren County, Pennsylvania, then damaged homes in North Warren, and the database lists $1 million in damage.3 Hail up to 2 inches fell that evening in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and Chautauqua County, New York.4,5

Around midnight, an EF2 tornado with winds near 115 mph hit Benton in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, where nine trailers were badly damaged and about 50 homes and businesses were affected.6 A downburst with winds near 105 mph damaged a home and destroyed a barn near Limestoneville in Montour County, Pennsylvania.7 Shortly after midnight on April 15, trees falling onto homes killed one person in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and one in Stafford County, Virginia.8,9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 813276, hail, Polk County, Georgia
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 811340, tornado, Richland County, Ohio
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 818378, tornado, Warren County, Pennsylvania
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 811351, hail, Erie County, Pennsylvania
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 821531, hail, Chautauqua County, New York
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 818330, tornado, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 818362, thunderstorm wind, Montour County, Pennsylvania
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 820037, thunderstorm wind, Lunenburg County, Virginia
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 816762, thunderstorm wind, Stafford County, Virginia

Reports by hour

Hail41, most at 6 PM

Wind478, most at 12 AM

Tornado28, most at 12 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:10 AMEF1About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL2.81 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:14 AMEF0About 8 miles from Columbus, GA3.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:46 AMEF0About 9 miles from Columbus, GA8.45 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:39 AMEF0About 49 miles from Atlanta, GA1.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:45 AMEF1About 45 miles from Atlanta, GA4.33 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:43 PMEF1About 52 miles from Tallahassee, FL5.04 mi long, 180 yd wide
2:12 PMEF0About 22 miles from Dayton, OH2.68 mi long, 80 yd wide
3:42 PMEF2Near 40.84, -82.69, OH17 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:15 PMEF0About 12 miles from Canton, OH3.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:49 PMEF0About 23 miles from Canton, OH0.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:48 PMEF0About 27 miles from Erie, PA0.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:43 PMEF0About 46 miles from Erie, PA1.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 28 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:53 PMEF0About 44 miles from Erie, PA1 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:20 PMEF2About 46 miles from Erie, PA18 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:51 PMEF1About 26 miles from Greenville, SC1.63 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:53 PMEF0About 52 miles from Greenville, SC2.88 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:03 PMEF1About 10 miles from Greenville, SC6.9 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:35 PMEF1About 47 miles from Harrisburg, PA1.45 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:00 AMEF2About 41 miles from Scranton, PA3.69 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:05 AMEF1About 48 miles from Scranton, PA10.43 mi long, 350 yd wide
12:32 AMEF1About 11 miles from Binghamton, NY2.15 mi long, 175 yd wide
12:45 AMEF0In Scranton, PA3.22 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:50 AMEF1About 23 miles from Scranton, PA2.35 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:16 AMEF0About 52 miles from Raleigh, NC0.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:29 AMEF0About 58 miles from Richmond, VA1.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:31 AMEF0Near 38.65, -75.76, MD0.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:38 AMEF2Near 38.57, -75.59, DE6.2 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:00 AMEF1Near 38.74, -75.28, DE6.2 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania11317879
Virginia880871
Ohio747634
North Carolina441421
Georgia431375
New York399291
West Virginia372350
Maryland310301
New Jersey260260
Florida120120
Tennessee100100
South Carolina9162
Delaware8062
Indiana4310
Alabama2002
Connecticut2020
Kentucky2020
Massachusetts2020
District of Columbia1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Erie, PA2.0 in81 mph0
Scranton, PA1.0 in81 mph1
Cincinnati, OH0.88 in58 mph0
Akron, OHNone70 mph1
Baltimore, MDNone58 mph0
Binghamton, NYNone81 mph1
Canton, OHNone70 mph1
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Columbus, OHNone70 mph0
Columbus, GANoneNone2
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Greenville, SCNoneNone1
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone58 mph0
New York, NYNone60 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone63 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone58 mph0
Richmond, VANone58 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0
Trenton, NJNone69 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone60 mph0
Washington, DCNone62 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0
York, PANone60 mph0
Youngstown, OHNone60 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.